Westminster City Council elections

Westminster City Council, the local authority of the City of Westminster in London, England, is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 60 councillors have been elected from 20 wards.[1]

A map showing the wards of Westminster since 2002

Political control

Since 1964 overall political control of the council has been held by one party:[2]

Election	Overall Control	Conservative	Labour	Resident
1964	Conservative	41	19	-
1968	Conservative	55	5	-
1971	Conservative	37	23	-
1974	Conservative	37	23	-
1978	Conservative	39	19	2
1982	Conservative	43	16	1
1986	Conservative	32	27	1
1990	Conservative	45	15	-
1994	Conservative	45	15	-
1998	Conservative	47	13	-
2002	Conservative	48	12	-
2006	Conservative	48	12	-
2010	Conservative	48	12	-
2014	Conservative	44	16	-
2018	Conservative	41	19	-

Council elections

• 1964 Westminster City Council election
• 1968 Westminster City Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[3]
• 1971 Westminster City Council election
• 1974 Westminster City Council election
• 1978 Westminster City Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[4]
• 1982 Westminster City Council election
• 1986 Westminster City Council election
• 1990 Westminster City Council election
• 1994 Westminster City Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[n 1][n 2][n 3][n 4]
• 1998 Westminster City Council election
• 2002 Westminster City Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[5][6]
• 2006 Westminster City Council election
• 2010 Westminster City Council election
• 2014 Westminster City Council election
• 2018 Westminster City Council election

Borough result maps

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  2002 results map
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  2006 results map
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  2010 results map
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  2014 results map
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  2018 results map

By-election results

1964-1968

Baker Street by-election, 2 July 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Miss M. Bowen	937
	Conservative	C.L. Gimblett	933
	Labour	Mrs. D.M. Mackay	309
	Labour	W. Robins	304
	Communist	L.R. Temple	73
Majority			624
Turnout			13,811	9.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harrow Road by-election, 2 July 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	T.G. Sheppard	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

St. James's by-election, 2 July 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	L.B. Farmiloe	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wilton by-election, 2 July 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Miss A.M. Tennant	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

St James's by-election, 8 July 1965

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	F.D.B. Fitzgerald-Moore	147
	Liberal	N. Fogg	46
Majority			101
Turnout			2,156	9.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maida Vale by-election, 18 August 1966

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	G.A. Wade	2,518
	Labour	Mrs. E. Ryan	1,710
	Liberal	M.G. Rabin	543
Majority			808
Turnout			14,094	33.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Baker Street by-election, 8 June 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	W.J.L. Drapkin	1,206
	Labour	P.A.W. Merriton	138
	Communist	Dr. J.A. Atkinson	45
Majority			1,068
Turnout			12,539	11.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

1968-1971

Baker Street by-election, 9 July 1968[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	C. M. K. Taylor	1,008
	Communist	Dr. J. A. Atkinson	97
Majority			911
Turnout			12,137	9.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hyde Park by-election, 9 July 1968[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Countess D. P. Beatty	1,667
	Liberal	Dr. M. M. G. Andrews	270
	Labour	E. R. Packer	213
Majority			1,397
Turnout			13,936	15.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lord's by-election, 9 July 1968[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mrs. B. C. Bowles	1,163
	Labour	Mrs. J. M. Brenner	147
Majority			1,016
Turnout			9,764	13.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Regent's Park by-election, 9 July 1968[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J. J. Walker-Smith	861
	Labour	W. G. Stuart	238
Majority			623
Turnout			9,100	12.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warwick by-election, 28 November 1968[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J. C. Beveridge	1,128
	Independent	J. V. Kemp	392
	Liberal	A. J. Clinch	162
	Labour	T. M. Fuller	152
	Independent	Mrs. S. M. Harris	45
Majority			736
Turnout			9,294	20.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

1971-1974

Harrow Road by-election, 15 July 1971[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	C. Blackman	1,657
	Conservative	Mrs. S. Kane	373
	Independent	D. J. B. Morgan	32
Majority			1,284
Turnout			10,966	18.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Regent Street by-election, 23 March 1972[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	A. F. Wigram	927
	Labour	W. A. Knight	145
Majority			782
Turnout			7,118	15.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

1974-1978

There were no by-elections.[4]

1971-1982

There were no by-elections.[9]

1982-1986

Belgrave by-election, 22 September 1983[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Elizabeth A. Flach	724
	Labour	Peter E. Booker	163
Majority			561
Turnout			4,460	19.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Michael B. Forsyth.

Hamilton Terrace by-election, 1 November 1984[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Judith A. Warner	786
	Alliance	Richard J. de Ste Croix	500
	Labour	John B. Thirlwell	272
Majority			286
Turnout			4,445	35.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Francis Maude.

Church Street by-election, 26 September 1985[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Gavin J. Millar	1,584
	Alliance	Bernard J. Hughes	704
	Conservative	Peter J. Carre	494
Majority			880
Turnout			6,786	41.4
	Labour gain from Labour Co-op		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Jean Merriton.

1986-1990

Lancaster Gate by-election, 14 April 1988[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Simon H. Milton	1,209
	Labour	Francis M. Prideaux	443
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica M. Chamberlain	185
Majority			766
Turnout			4,546	40.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Peter J. Hartley.

Victoria by-election, 17 November 1988[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David J. Harvey	779
	Labour	Martin H. Garside	507
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline F. Shorten	207
	SDP (1988)	Peter F. Sire	53
Majority			272
Turnout			4,061	38.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Rachel E. Whittaker.

Lancaster Gate by-election, 26 October 1989[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Olga Polizzi	826
	Labour	Francis M. Prideaux	301
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Pettit	81
	Green	Annie Harris	66
	SDP (1988)	Andrew R. Belt	48
Majority			525
Turnout			4,629	28.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Patricia M. Kirwan.

1990-1994

Regent's Park by-election, 21 March 1991[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William A. Wells	1,569	74.8
	Labour	Mrs. Barbara J. Grahame	529	25.2
Majority			1,040
Turnout			5,767	36.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Barry C. Legg.

Hyde Park by-election, 25 March 1993[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Edmund A. Lazarus	870	67.9
	Labour	Robert V. Ashdown	309	24.1
	Liberal Democrats	Miss Zöe P. Goldstein	103	8.0
Majority			561
Turnout			4,349	29.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Shirley Porter.

Harrow Road by-election, 6 May 1993[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Mrs. Jacqueline M. Rosenberg	1,639	73.3
	Conservative	Timothy M. Joiner	598	26.7
Majority			1,041
Turnout			6,390	35.2
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Joseph Glickman.

Millbank by-election, 28 October 1993[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Simon J. Winters	1,286	57.6
	Conservative	Harry Haynes	722	32.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mrs. Margaret Lang	223	10.0
Majority			564
Turnout			5,631	39.6
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Hugh G. Garside.

1994-1998

Millbank by-election, 28 November 1996[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Mair E. Garside	1,224	52.0
	Conservative	Timothy J. Mitchell	989	42.0
	Liberal Democrats	Robin C. Metzner	119	5.0
	Natural Law	Richard P. Johnson	18	1.0
Majority			235	10.0
Turnout			2,350	41.6
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Peter C. S. Bradley.

Queen's Park by-election, 16 October 1997[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Paul H. Dimoldenberg	974	77.5	+31.0
	Conservative	Harry Phibbs	227	18.1	-2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Herbert R. R. Hartwell	55	4.4	-1.6
Majority			747	59.4
Turnout			1,256	20.4
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Karen P. Buck.

Westbourne by-election, 16 October 1997[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Andrew J. Whitley	906	72.0	+15.5
	Conservative	Clive L. Collins	284	22.6	-8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Morag G. Beattie	68	5.4	-7.2
Majority			622	49.4
Turnout			1,258	17.2
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Andrew H. Dismore.

1998-2002

Westbourne by-election, 10 June 1999[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Simon P. Stockill	1,139	61.6	+7.8
	Conservative	Iheoma E. U. Oteh	450	24.3	-3.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Hall-Matthews	261	14.1	+1.2
Majority			689	37.3
Turnout			1,850
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Nicola Russell.

West End by-election, 24 June 1999[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Glenys M. Roberts	520	65.5	+24.1
	Labour	Wing K. Ho	160	20.2	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Richard O'Brien	114	14.4	+2.7
Majority			360	45.3
Turnout			794	16.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Richard A. Stirling-Gibb.

Church Street by-election, 4 May 2000[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Anthony G. Mothersdale	1,159	56.1	-4.6
	Conservative	Martin A. Conway	642	31.1	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony P. Williams	264	12.8	+1.9
Majority			517	25.0
Turnout			2,065	32.0
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ron M. Harley.

Harrow Road by-election, 4 May 2000 (2)[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Guthrie K. McKie	1,448
	Labour	Josephine S. Ohene-Djan	1,333
	Conservative	Daniel P. Astaire	618
	Conservative	Richard H. W. N. Phibbs	516
	Liberal Democrats	Philip J. Wardle	228
Turnout			4,143	34.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignations of Cllrs. Jillian A. Selbourne and Gary P. Martin.

Regent's Park by-election, 5 April 2001[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Daniel P. Astaire	499	64.6	-1.7
	Labour	Katharine M. Hoskyns	227	29.4	+6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Philip J. Wardle	46	6.0	-4.6
Majority			272	35.2
Turnout			772	12.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Jonathan S. Djanogly.

2002-2006

Harrow Road by-election, 21 July 2005[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ruth E. Bush	774	62.9	+10.3
	Conservative	Jasna Badzak	306	24.9	+6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Brian G. F. Mathew	150	12.2	-2.0
Majority			468	38.0
Turnout			1,230	16.0
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Josephine S. Ohene-Djan.

2006-2010

Abbey Road by-election, 3 May 2007[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Lindsey J. B. Hall	1,334	65.2	-3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mark D. Blackburn	355	17.3	+1.3
	Labour	Alon Or-Bach	280	13.7	-1.4
	Independent	Alberto M. Lidji	78	3.8	+3.8
Majority			979	47.9
Turnout			2,047
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Kevin A. Gardner.

Marylebone High Street by-election, 3 May 2007[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ian D. Rowley	1,041	66.7	-2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart A. Bonar	258	16.5	+1.2
	Labour	Dave Rowntree	222	14.2	-1.4
	UKIP	Colin R. Merton	40	2.6	+2.6
Majority			783	50.2
Turnout			1,561
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Michael G. Vearncombe.

Church Street by-election, 24 July 2008[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mehfuz Ahmed	955	53.6	+24.5
	Labour	Dave Rowntree	652	36.6	-3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Martin A. Thompson	176	9.9	-1.3
Majority			303	17.0
Turnout			1,783	24.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Antony G. Mothersdale.

Lancaster Gate by-election, 23 October 2008[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Andrew Smith	805	60.3	-4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Baring	325	24.3	+6.6
	Labour	Ahmed Hamid	205	15.4	-2.3
Majority			480	36.0
Turnout			1,335	15.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Simon H. Milton.

West End by-election, 8 October 2009[19][20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jonathan Glanz	526	60.8	+10.3
	Labour	Damian Dewhirst	169	19.5	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Gonzalez	108	12.5	-1.2
	Green	Tristan Smith	62	7.2	-6.4
Majority			357	41.3
Turnout			865	46.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Ian G. Wilder.

Queen's Park by-election, 10 December 2009[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Patricia McAllister	814	62.6	+10.2
	Conservative	Abdul Ahad	211	16.2	-13.7
	Green	Susanna Rustin	152	11.7	+11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Blackburn	123	9.5	-8.1
Majority			603	46.4
Turnout			1,300
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Mushtaq A. Qureshi.

2010-2014

Hyde Park by-election, 3 May 2012[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ms. Antonia M. Cox	1448
	Labour	Jack Gordon	563
	Green	Mark J. Cridge	182
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Thompson	178
	UKIP	Richard, Earl of Bradford	96
	Independent	Ms. Abdulla A. J. Dharamsey	40
Turnout				33%
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Colin Barrow.

Marylebone High Street by-election, 2 May 2013[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Iain Bott	921
	Labour	Nik Slingsby	203
	Fighting for Spaces for People	Yael Saunders	184
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Hill	104
	UKIP	Paul Mercieca	96
	Green	Hugh Small	50
Turnout				23.1%
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Harvey C. J. Marshall.

2014-2018

Warwick by-election, 7 May 2015[23][24] [note 1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jacqui Wilkinson	2,397	62.7	+10.2
	Labour	Sophia Eglin	1,216	31.8	+13.2
	UKIP	Mohammad Ali	207	5.4	-5.0
Majority			1,181	30.9	-3.0
Turnout			3,862	57.92	+22.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Edward J. C. Argar.

Harrow Road by-election, 23 July 2015[24][25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Tim Roca	1,139	75.4	+18.9
	Conservative	Wilford Augustus	334	22.1	+6.4
	UKIP	Robert Stephenson	38	2.5	-8.6
Majority			805	53.3	+13.5
Turnout			1,511	19.4	-13.5
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Nilavra Mukerji.

Bryanston and Dorset Square by-election, 22 October 2015[24][26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Julia Alexander	582	49.7	-2.0
	Baker Street: No Two Ways	Steve Dollond	218	18.6	+18.6
	Labour	Ananthi Paskaralingam	167	14.3	-4.9
	Green	Hugh Small	116	9.9	-7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Adam Thompson	46	3.9	-8.0
	UKIP	Jill Sarah De Quincey	42	3.6	+3.6
Majority			364	31.1	-1.4
Turnout			1,171	17.9	-11.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Audrey R. Lewis.

Church Street by-election, 5 May 2016[24][27] [note 2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Aicha Less	2,174	70.3	+3.2
	Conservative	Rachid Boufas	512	16.6	-1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Graeme Barr	205	6.6	+6.6
	UKIP	Jill Sarah De Quincey	175	5.7	+5.7
	Pirate	Andreas Habeland	26	0.8	+0.8
Majority			1,662	53.7	+5.1
Turnout			3,151	45	+10.2
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Vincenzo Rampulla.

2018-2022

Lancaster Gate by-election, 22 November 2018[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Margot Joan Bright	913	47.2	-1.5
	Labour	Angela Patricia Piddock	684	35.4	-1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Elizabeth Gray	275	14.2	-0.7
	Green	Zack Polanski	62	3.2	+3.2
Majority			229	11.8	-0.5
Turnout			1934	27.75	-10.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Robert J. Davis.

Notes

1. This was the same day as the 2015 general election.
2. This was the same day as the 2016 London mayoral election.

References

1. The Barnet, Camden and Westminster (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
2. The City and London Borough Boundaries Order 1993
3. The Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
4. The North and Central London (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993

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External links

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